Feed-trough



(No Model.)

G. D. BURTON. FEED TROUGH.

No. 486,397. Patented Sept. 16, 1890.

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GEORGE D. BURTON, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

FEED-TROUGH.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 436,397, datedSeptember 16, 1890.

Application filed December 26, 1889. Serial No. 334,999. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE D. BURTON, of Boston, in the State ofMassachusetts, have invented a certain Improvement in Feed- Troughs forStock-Oars, of which the i" ollowing is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

The invention relates to improvements in feed-troughs for stock-cars;and it consists in the construction, arrangement, and combination ofparts hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claims heretoappended.

It is desirable to construct the trough in such manner that when raisedit can be readily and quickly cleared of refuse and washed or otherwisecleaned.

In the accompanying drawings, in which similar letters of referencedesignate similar parts, Figure 1 represents a perspective view of afeed-trough embodying the invention. Fig. 2 represents a perspectiveview of one end of a similar trough at the opposite end of the car. Fig.3 represents a perspective view of a modification of said trough. Fig.4: represents a transverse section on the line m 00 of Fig. 2. Fig.5 isa view in elevation of the inside of the end plate shown in Fig. 2.

Referring to the drawings by letter, B designates afeed-trough adaptedto be attached to a stock-car, having a depth less than the thickness ofthe car-wall to which it is attached, so that it does, not projecteither inward or outward from the car when raised. The trough B iscomposed of the end plates O, about semicircular in shape, having ontheir inner faces, at their corners, the cylindrical sockets or bearingsc c, the shaft D passing through the sockets or bearings c c at thelower outer corners of the end plates, the rod 61 connecting thebearings c c at the upper inner corners of said plates, and the shell orbody E, preferably of sheet metal, connecting the said shaft and rod,the.cor- 11ers of said shell or body being cut away rectangularly topermit the bearings c to embrace the shaft D and rod cl, and permit theend edges of the shell to abut against the end plates 0 near to andconcentric with thelower curved edges of said plates. c e are transversebrace-rods connecting the said shaft and rod, being provided at theirends with eyes that embrace the shaft and rods in openings cut in theedges of the shell, as shown in Fig. l. A pivotal shaft or rod D isprovided at the outer edge of the trough and a strengthening-rod d atthe inner edge thereof, the edges of the body E of the trough beingturned or beaded outwardly around shaft D and inwardly around rod d,tight enough to prevent said shaft and rod from turning in the sleevesor beads thus made, the outer edge being wrapped from within outwardaround the shaft, so that when theinner edge of the trough is raisedallrefuse can be readily and easily brushed or scraped thereout, and thetrough can be quickly washed and dried, as there are no pockets orangles in which refuse or water could collect. The shell has its inneredges wrapped around the rod d from without inward; but the interiorangle formed thereby will be raised when the trough is raised and norefuse can collect therein.

The trough constructed as described is strong and durable, and is notheavy, so that it can be easily raised and lowered, and can also beeasily cleaned.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

1. Afeed-trough for stock-cars, comprising suitable end plates havingsockets or bearings on their inner faces at their upper corners,longitudinal rods or bars connecting the opposite sockets orbearings ofthe end plates, and a shell or body having its side edges wrapped aroundsaid rods or bars, its end edges bearing against the end plates, and itsupper corners cut away to receive said bearings, as set forth.

2. A feed-trough for stock-cars, comprising semicircular end plateshaving cylindrical sockets or hearings on their inner faces at theircorners, rods or bars connecting the opposite bearings of the two endplates, and the sheet-metal shell with its side edges wrapped around thesaid rods or bars and its end edges bearing against the end plates nearto and concentric with the lower curved edges of said plates, thecorners of said shell being cut away to permit the said bearings toembrace said rods or bars, as set forth.

3. A feed-trough for a stoclecar, comprising the semicircular. endplates having bearings bearings of the end plates, the transversebrace-rods connecting said. bars or rods and provided with eyes at theirends, and the sheet-metal shell with its side edges wrapped around saidlongitudinal bars and cut away at its corners and side edges to permitthe bearings on the end plates and the eyes of the brace-bars toimmediately embrace the longitudinal side bars, as set forth.

4. In a feed-trough, the combination of the end plates having bearingson their inner sides at their corners, the pivotal shaft passing throughand connecting the bearings at the outer corners of said plates, the baror red connecting the bearings at the inner corners of the plates, andthe sheet-metal shell With its inner side edge Wrapped from with outinward upon said bar or rod, its outer side edge Wrapped from withinoutward upon said shaft, its upper corners being cut away to receive thebearings, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my namein presence of twoWitnesses.

GEO. D. BURTON.

